Translatable names
English
German
Scandinavian*
Czech
Russian
Spanish
French
Italian
John
Johann
Jan
Jan
Иван
Juan
Jean
Giovanni
Johannes
Hans
Honza
Luke
Lukaš
Lucio
Luc
George
Jörg
Jørgen
Jiři
Юрий
Jorge/Hugo
Georges
Giorgio
Mary
Maria
Maria
Maria
Мария
Maria
Marie
Maria
Frederick
Friedrich
Fredrik
Bedřich
Федор
Federico
Fréderic
Anthony
Anton
Antonín
Антон
Antonio
Antoine
Antonio
Joseph
Josef
Josef
Josef
José
Giuseppi
Andrew
Anders
Ondřej
Андрей
Andreas
André
Catherine
Katerina
Katrine
Екатрина
Caterina
Mark
Markus
Marcos
Marc
Marco
Charles
Karl
Karel
Carlos
Charles
Carlo
William
Wilhelm
Guillermo
Guillaume
Guilliame
Wenceslas
Václav
Nicholas
Nicholas
Nicholas
Николай
Nicolas
Francis
Franz
Francisco
Francois
Francesco
Lawrence
Laurent
Lorenzo
Paul
Pavel
Павел
Pablo
Paulo
Peter
Peter
Peter
Petr
Петр
Pedro
Pierre
Pietro
Steven
Stefan
Stefan
Степан
Stefano
Thomas
Thomas
Thomas
Tomaš
Tomás
Michael
Michael
Михайл
Michel
*For which read 'Norwegian or Swedish or Danish', inclusive 'or', because I don't know if there are that many differences among them. If I find that there are, I'll change it.
**TRUMPET FANFARE** This table is current as of September, 2006. If you notice any omissions or mistakes, let me know please! Oh, and I'll be adding Finnish, Irish and Polish columns really soon, because suddenly I have a lot of names in those languages. It might also be time to make separate Norwegian-Danish and Swedish columns, but I haven't done it yet.
I'm somewhat intrigued by names that translate. I believe that it has to do with Christians wanting saints to have names that fit in with their respective languages, and so many of these names are of course associated with saints.
Please let me know of any mistakes I made or additions you think of. I'm especially wary of my Spanish and French names, and I couldn't remember any Italian ones for some reason. I think I have Johns in Scottish, Irish and Greek (Ian, Eoin and Ioannas, respectively) and a Polish Charles (Karol), so additions in those languages would be especially nice!
And here's something else that has been bothering me: does Diego equal James or Steven?
I will put up an updated table later, after people have a chance to add to it.
Thank you!